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LOUIS STBUSS, OF B nooKLYN, New Yoan,

GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 1, 19158.-

Applicaton filed January 31, 1917. SeralNo. 145,620.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Louis STnAUss, a subject ot the Czar of Russia, andra resident ot the city of New York, borough ot Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and 1mproved Garment, of which the followingV is exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to prevent sagging or stretching of a knitted garment; to preservedimensions of a garment; and to preserve the uniform character of the construction of the garment while accomplishing the objects above stated.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a pictorial view of a garment of the character above indicated, constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, the dotted lines therein showing the sleeve extensions for reinforcing the shoulder construction of the garment;

Fig. 2 is a view showing the inside of a garment constructed and arranged 1n accordance with the present invention',

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing on an enlarged scale and in section, the shoulder portion and seams therefor of a garment constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a detail view showing a pattern of the knitted sleeves, the sleeves being shown in the flat Vas formed in the knitting machine and prior to seaming the same.

Description.

Heretofore wearers of knitted garments, such as sweaters, blazers, and knitted underwear, have sudered the inconvenience cause by the stretching of the shoulder and collar of such garments. This objection in a large measure results from the fact that the front and back panels of the garments when knitted are Jrulled transverse to the length ot the garments. lVhen the shoulder sections thus formed are joined, it will be seen that the ulled structures lie over the shoulders and between the sleeve seam and the collar. As the result ot this, the natural strain or pull of the sleeve on the shoulder sections stretches the material of the shoulder, and owing to the Jfact that the knitting provides no resiliency of the the shoulder and collarmaterial, the material does not ire-adjust itself or return to its original dimension.

The. above-noted objection is avoidedl in the present garment by providing an extension strip 9, the stitches wherein are disposed lengthwise thereof and of the strip formingy the sleeves and, therefore, any pull exerted on the sleeves and extension strip 9 would be taken up` by the resilient re-action of said extension.

As seen best in Fig. 2 of thek drawings, the extension strip 9 has shoulder-capping sections 10 formed at the `iunction ot the sleevel with the 'liront and back panels 11 and 12, respectivelv.

Nhen constructing garment formed in accordance with the present invention, the front. and'back panels 11Y and 12 are knitted in the usual manner. The sleeves are knitted in a manner to continuous operation..V To form these sleeves, the wrist-band portionof one sleeve is first formed by the operation of the knitting machine, thebody portion-13 of the sleeve V1s then shaped until at the shoulder seam edge the body portion is contracted or fashioned gradually, forming the tapered shoulder section 10. `When the first shoulder section 10 has been knitted to the proper length to reach the collar seam of the garment, the machine is operated to contracted section strip 9. length has been given to the strip 9, the machine is again operated to torm the tapered shoulder section 10 ,of the other sleeve, gradually widening said shoulder section until the proper lengthy thereof is obtained, when the machine is extended in its operation to form the second body sleeve section 13. This second sleeve section is gradually shaped the reverse of the first sleeve section until the total operation is completed at the wrist band ot the second sleeve section.

Vhen completing a garment constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention, the panels 1l and 12 and the collar 14 are united in a manner usual to this art.

When the sleeves have been shaped by stitching the longitudinal free edges, they are incorporated with the body ot the garment, the extension 9 and shoulder sections 10 being disposed at the inner side of the garment. The said extension is permanently united to the overlaid portions of the garment to be incorporated therewith in the completed article.

he sleeve seam below the arm is formed as in the usual manner, while the seam conneoting the overlaid sections 16 of the garment is formed in any suitable manner.

e extension strip 9, as shown best in Fig. 2 of the drawings, is disposed on the back panel 12 adjacent the collar seam.

W'hen the garment is completed, it will be found that all stretch exerted by the sleeves or the arms of the wearer in the sleeves, upon the shoulder sections, is corrected by the resiliency of the stitching of the sections l0 and extension strip 9. Also, it will be found that any tendency of the garment to spread across the back panel and at the neck portion thereof is restrained or corrected by the strip 9, the stitches whereof are arranged to take up any elongation of said sections.

Ulaz'ms.

l. A garment having in combination, a knitted body portion comprising front and back panels arranged to form sleeve and collar openings, said panels being united to an exposed shoulder seam extending in the completed structure of the garment, said extension being disposed at the inner side of said garment.

2. A garment having in combination, a knitted body portion comprising front and back panels arranged to form sleeve and collar openings, said panels being' united to form an exposed shoulder seam extending from said sleeve to said collar opening, and a plurality of knitted sleeves integrally connected by a knitted extension; and means for incorporating said extension and sleeves in the completed structure of the garment, said extension being disposed at the inner side of said garment and in juxtaposed relation to the collar thereof.

3. r garment as characterized comprising a knitted body portion having collar and sleeve openings formed therein and shoulder seams, the stitches of said body portion extending lengthwise thereof; and a plurality or" sleeves having attachment to said body portion at the sleeve openings thereof, said sleeves having shoulder extensions for disposition below the shoulder seams in said body portion, the stitches in said sleeves and shoulder extensions being' disposed lengthwise of said sleeves and shoulder extensions and disposed in service transverse the stitches of saidV body portion.

LOUIS STRAUSS.

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